A Libyan military court on Monday sentenced a group of 24 men from the former Soviet Union to prison terms after finding them guilty of serving as mercenaries for former Libyan president Muammar Gaddafi ....
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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday sent a letter to Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner , demanding that the state stop purging its voting rolls, a process that is not approved under...
An Egyptian court on Saturday found former Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak , guilty of complicity to kill protesters during the Arab Spring protests and sentenced him to life in prison. The court also found...
The Tunisia Judges' Union went on strike Wednesday to protest a decision by Justice Minister Noureddine Bhiri to fire more than 80 judges. According to the head of the Judge's Union, Raoudha Abidi, the judiciary's open-ended...
Special war crimes tribunals of the government of Bangladesh on Monday indicted the chief of Bangladesh's largest Islamic party, along with his deputy, for alleged human rights atrocities committed during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War against Pakistan....
The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled on Friday that a lawsuit opposing a Ten Commandments monument displayed on property owned by the City of Fargo, North Dakota, may move forward. The...
More than 90 women filed suit Thursday against Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna alleging that his opposition to the federal health care law is preventing women from having full access to medical care. The complaint...
Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa on Thursday approved amendments to the country's constitution that give more power the the parliament by allowing it to have more control over government ministers. While the reforms come as an...
Bahrain's police officers regularly abuse minor detainees before transporting them to police stations, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Sunday after a five-day visit to the country. During the visit to Bahrain, HRW conducted interviews with young...
Vietnamese-American activist Nguyen Quoc Quan was arrested earlier this month in Vietnam for allegedly attempting to stop celebrations in remembrance of the end of the Vietnam War , reports said on Sunday. Vietnamese newspaper Tuoi Tre [media website,...
